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75th Berlin International Film festival

Berlin, Germany, February 13 to 23, 2025

CALL FOR ENTRIES 

(Feature-length, all genres)

Telefilm Canada is currently accepting entries of feature-length narratives and documentaries with a world premiere status on behalf of the Berlinale’s next edition.

Telefilm Canada will organize a private screening session for the Berlinale’s new co-director of film programming. The screenings will be host in a private theatre from September 11-13,with the festival delegate who will travel to Montreal.

NEW THIS YEAR:

  1. The festival has expressed the wish to accept onlyfeatures with a World premiere status for the screenings in Montreal. Films with an International or European status should be submitted directly to the festival and the festival’s registration fees will apply.
  • Due to the increased number of feature-length film entries, and time constraints, not all submitted films will be screened by the delegate while in Montreal. Once the Berlinale programming committee receives the list of entries submitted to Telefilm Canada, it will take care to prioritize, identify and choose the titles to be watched by the delegate in Montreal. The festival waives its entry fees only for films screened in Montreal.  
  • All other titles would then be invited to be registered on the festival platform and watched in Berlin. In which case, the festival will offer the reduced entry fee of €100 per feature length film.

DETAILS 

  • Registration fees are waived for films submitted and screened at the screening session organized by Telefilm Canada.
  • Short films and TV series need to be submitted directly to the festival.

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA 

Feature films need to:

CLICK HERE TO SUBMIT

Please note that the submissions will be collected through Dialogue events

REGISTRATION AND SELECTION PROCESS 

  • Complete the “Berlinale 2025 preselection screenings” form on Telefilm Canada’s platform.
  • Provide a private downloadable screening link.
  • Your image editing should be final. The programmers are used to viewing work at the post-production/rough cut stage (i.e. with no colour timing, no final mix, temporary music, etc.) and, as such, know how to “fill in the technical gaps.” 

Selection process

Films entered through this process that meet the eligibility criteria for the festival will be screened by the festival programming committee. Telefilm Canada does not filter nor preselect films. 

Once the Montreal’s screenings are over, if a film is preselected (“shortlisted”) by the delegate, we will inform the applicant by email after the screening session. Then, the shortlisted films will move to step 2 and be reviewed by the rest of the festival committee between October-December 2024. Final decisions taken will be communicated directly to the applicant by the festival in December 2024. 

ABOUT 

The Berlinale, along with Cannes and Venice, counts as one of the oldest and most important competitive festivals in the world. It is one of the largest public film festivals in the world, with more than 240 films and 320 000 screening tickets sold in 2024. The last edition attracted 17 000 professionals from 157 countries, as well as 2 600  journalists, attended the festival.

Canadian films are eligible for consideration in different sections of the Berlinale, each with its own unique profile. The festivals comprises the Official Competition Berlinale Special, Perspectives, Panorama, Generation and Forum.

Telefilm Canada recognizes a selection of a film in the Festival for applications to its International Promotion Program.

Promotion and Communications 
Telefilm Canada, Montreal 
DL-festivals@telefilm.ca 
1 800 567-0890